David Copperfield by Charles Dickens audiobook review – starry spin on a classic
Ncuti Gatwa, Helena Bonham Carter, Toby Jones and more imbue the latest Sam Mendes-produced adaptation of the author’s works with wit, charm and magic
Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson audiobook review – tales of fantastical mundanity
Paterson Joseph reads short stories of talking animals and ghostly revelations that weave into a melancholic, askew chimera of magic and quotidian woes
The Rise by Ian Rankin audiobook review – a short, smart and pacy thriller
Read by Game of Thrones actor Indira Varma, this satisfying whodunnit is set in the playground of oligarchs, developers and royalty
Red Memory by Tania Branigan audiobook review – tracing the scars of China’s Cultural Revolution
Sons denounce mothers, students attack teachers: firsthand accounts from those caught up in Mao’s ruthless ideological purge during the 60s and 70s
Swapping books for audiobooks has reignited my love of literature
The prospect of reading a book filled me with anxiety and shame. But an ADHD diagnosis changed everything, says writer and presenter Verity Babbs
Big Beacon by Alan Partridge audiobook review – pomposity takes flight
Steve Coogan narrates the TV presenter’s attempts to resuscitate his career and ‘emigrate’ to the Kent coast
The List by Yomi Adegoke audiobook review – a very public scandal
Sheila Atim and Arinzé Kene narrate this powerful tale about a couple torn apart by allegations of sexual assault circulated on social media
Spotify’s new audiobook streaming could have ‘devastating effect’, says Society of Authors
The industry body says the music giant’s move to make more than 150,000 titles available has not been discussed with authors and may compete with sales
Tiger Work by Ben Okri audiobook review – dispatches on a post-apocalyptic world
Ashley Zhangazha narrates a collection of essays, poems and short stories that rail against human inaction in the face of environmental catastrophe
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland audiobook review – a remarkable tale of survival
The author reads his own account of the true story of two men who managed to flee Auschwitz
I Could Read the Sky by Timothy O’Grady audiobook review – tender tale of an Irish expat
The author narrates his spare, poetic novel about a man recalling his past, with music from fiddler Martin Hayes
Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer review – quirky, tender tale with echoes of ET
The actor Johnny Flynn captures this debut novel’s offbeat humour and the intense loneliness of its protagonist in his terrific narration
Kit by Megan Barker audiobook review – the wildness of true friendship laid bare
Maxine Peake narrates a profoundly moving and unsparing hybrid memoir that explores unconditional love, in all its messiness
Lessons by Ian McEwan review – chance, memory and the road not taken
Actor Simon McBurney narrates the tale of how a sexual relationship between a teenage boy and his piano teacher changes the course of his life
Alison Bechdel: ‘The Bechdel test was a joke… I didn’t intend for it to become a real gauge’
The US graphic novelist on having her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, turned into an audio series, growing up in a funeral home, and her famous women-in-film test